Date:  Fri, 4 Aug 1995 08:56:08 -0700

From:  Dan Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: monkey blood



Wow. Words can sometimes take you on an instant age-regression trip! Yes,

indeed -- growing up in Los Angeles (Wilmington) in the late '40s and the

'50s, "monkey blood" was frequently applied to my boyhood wounds. And I

think it was an internal family word, rather than a neighborhood-at-large

word, so that moves its roots back into Arkansas (mother < Baxter County,

father < Malvern).



On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Joan Hall wrote:



> Does anyone know the term "monkey blood" referring to Mercurochrome,

> Merthiolate, or iodine? If so, please say when and where. Thanks.

>

> Joan Hall, DARE

> jdhall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]facstaff.wisc.edu

>